Been Caught Stealin': Free RPG Day

In case your forgot today is (was) Free RPG Day.   Took the boys to my our favorite local game store and here is our haul.

We each got two things, the limit.  But it is a good set of things.

I might use them all together.  No idea yet.
They are all high quality products.  The DragonAge one is the thickest, the D&D and Pathfinder ones are full color, DCC really does look very, very old school, only with better production values.
The AFMBE one (the only non-D&Dish thing here) is really fun of course.
The d10 is also very nice to have.

All are intro adventures so not really good for the Dragonslayers at this point, but when we start up again with 4e I can certainly use them.

Zatannurday: Picture Round-up

I have a bunch of Zee pics laying around so I thought today would be a good time to post them and their sources.

First up from the Comic Knock Outs tumblr site:

by Da Xiong

by Stephane Roux

by Jeremy Bastian

And this one, but no idea where I got it from.

by Dave Hoover

Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows, Part 2

This is going to be great.
The scenes where knights come to defend the school is exactly how I imagined it would be.




And there is this,  http://www.youtube.com/JKRowlingAnnounces

Skills in D&D

I was talking with one of my friends at work today who is hard core 1st ed AD&D.  The subject of skills came up.  That is whether or not *D&D even needs skills.

I found I was rather agnostic about it.  I like skills and think they add a nice element, but the focus of the game is and has been combat, exploring and getting loot.

Pathfinder works well with skills.  Basic D&D maybe not as much.

What do you all think?
Do you like skills, do you need them or use them in you old school games?

End of an Era

We are coming up on the end of an era.

The last Harry Potter movie will be hitting theaters next month and it has been a fun 10 year ride.
Regardless of your thoughts on the books, or the movies or any of the hype there are a few things I think are very true.

1. It has been a worldwide phenomena, not just in terms of the "World of Harry Potter" but something that got kids to READ!

2. It has been a wonder watching these young actors grow up.

The books have been fantastic. The movies wonderful. I am for one sad to see them go, but all good things right.

Here is a really cool video.

What's Next for the DragonSlayers?

I like to read PDFs while running, I feel like I am getting more done that way.  On this weeks's reading list: The Lost Caverns of the Tsojcanth and the 3.5 update Iggwilv's Legacy.

I loved this module back in the day and I still have my original copy.

Should be a lot of fun.

Interview at Lili's Lair!!

Hey all!  I am very excited about this!

You can read an interview about me and the RPG work I have been doing at Lili's Lair this morning.

http://www.lilislair.com/2011/06/timothy-brannan-ghosts-of-albion-rpg-co.html

Read about my involvement in Buffy, Ghosts of Albion and other RPGs.

Enjoy and don't forget you can get Ghosts of Albion, Buffy and other games I have worked on at DriveThruRPG.

OH! And the guy sitting in the chair in picture to my left? Wearing the blue shirt on sunglasses? That is my High School DM.   He is almost as much to blame for this as I am.